Character bearing holder



Feb. 1; 1944.

CF. MITCHEL v CHARACTER BEARING HOLDER Filed June 12, 1942 Patented Feb. 1, 1944 CHARACTER BEABINGIHOLDEB.

Charles F; ltiitchel, Rochester, N. Y'., assignor to: Bastian Brothers, Company, Rochester, N; Y., a corporation of New York Application. June. 12,, 1942, Serial No. 446,786

1 Claim.

This invention relates to; a holding button for portraits, emblems, symbols; and the like.

In certain localities and under certain climatic conditions these holders are subjected to extremes of weather. In lumbering camps and in bridge building and other structural outdoor operations in particular these holders are subjected to intense weather conditions including vapors, heavy moisture, rains, etc. Where moisture is permitted to enter the casing it has adeteriorating effect on the portraits, emblems, symbols and the like confined therein. Moisture finding its way into the badge or holder affects the colors of the materials causing them to fade and tobuckle and crack and especially is this true where the casing is composed in whole or in part of plastic material such as Celluloid and when mois-r ture enters the plastic holders the Celluloid is caused to heave and it is essential, therefore, that the moisture be excluded from the interior of the plastic casings.

In the use of substitutes for metals, plastics of various kinds have been employed or adopted and as usual in substitution of one material for another drawbacks appear which must be overcome.

It is therefore one object of thepresent invention to provide a holder'of plastic material for portraits for identification or other purposes or for the display of organizational characteristics,

emblems, symbols and the like to be worn on the I apparel of the user and which includes a casing composed preferably of .plastic material and in which the same is transparent in whole or in part and in any event weatherproof in order to prevent ingress of moisture into the interior of the casing.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a simple, durable and inexpensive display or other button composed of any suit.- able material and which includes an enclosing casing for the confinement of portraits, emblems, symbols and the like and in which such contents of the casing are sealed against the ingress of moisture to prevent fading out of the materials as well as to prevent buckling and cracking thereof and overcoming a heaving effect on the plastic casing itself.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction, within the scopeof the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any, advantages oi? bers respectively composed preferably of plastic material, either transparent or opaque, but as shown the front member A is composed Preferably of transparent celluloid material while the back member B is composed preferably of opaque celluloid material.

The front member is illustrated as of disk-form l providedwith a peripheral flange 2, forming a cup-shaped front member. The back member includes a disk portion 3 and a peripheral flange 4, forming a cup-shapedmember. These two similarly formed front and back members A and B are adapted to telescope with relation to each other with their flanges overlapping andfwhen in overlapping relation sealed together by a suitable cement such, for instance, as cellulose acetate cement acting as a solvent for the plasticv material. When the cement dries the two members A and B are thus cemented together and are practically one integral part, rendering the plastic casing weatherproof.

When the two cup-shaped members A and B are thus sealed together forming an integral or a one-piece casing there results an inner recess r p cket C. T p t C re i s a pic u frame 5 of disk formation and of thin paper or the like and is adapted to lie against the inner face of the transparent front member A. The disk 5 has an opening 6 of any suitable configuration for the display therethrough and through the. transparent front member A of a portrait or other figure or emblem, symbol or the like, carried on a thin disk element 1.

A relatively thick or stiff solid disk 8 lies in the recess or pocket 0 behind the thin disk element 1 therebetween and a metal disk 9 which latter lies flush against the inner face of the back cup-shaped member B to maintain the portrait and portrait frame substantially flush against the inner face of the front transparent member A.

slot I5 to receive the pointed end of the pin i2 and which pointed end of the pin I2 is locked in the slot I5 by means of a rotatable locking device I6 rotatably mounted on said lug I4 and provided with spaced slots I1 adapted to align with the slot I 5 in the lug It to permit insertion of the pointed end of the pin I2 in the slot i5 whereupon the rotatable locking device it is rotated to close the open end of the slot I 5 and thereby lock the pin I2 against accidental movement out of the slot I5, there being a pair of fingers I8 carried by the rotatable locking device IE to facilitate operation of the locking device to permit insertion of the pointed end of the pin I2 in the slot I5 and lock it therein and also to permit removal of the pointed end of the pin from slot I5 for securing the button to a garment and for preventing disconnection thereof from the garment. This safety-pin per se forms no part of the present invention but it is connected to the outer face of the cup-shaped member 13 in a manner such as to prevent ingress of moisture into the interior of the casing A, being secured in a manner so as to obviate formation of perforations or holes in the casing.

Before the front and rear members A and B are sealed together to enclose the frame 5 and disks 1, 8 and 9, I secure the back It] of the fastening pin to the disk portion 3 of the back member B by means of spaced rivets l9. These rivets l9 pierce not only the disk portion 3 of the back member 3 but also, pierce the metallic plate or disk 9 whereby to hold the metal disk 9 tightly against the inner face of the disk portion of the back member B to reinforce the latter and to effect a firm mounting of the rivets on the casing. 5

obviating possibility of accidental detachment of the fastening pin such as might result in an attempt to merely rivet the fastening pin to the Celluloid or other plastic material of which the casing is formed. The back ID of the fastening pin is of a width or size to completely overlap the pierced portions of the casing and disk 9 and is so seated or tightly mounted on the back of the casing as to positively preclude rain or moisture entering the interior of the casing through the perforations incident to the piercing of the casing and the disk member 9 by the clinching rivets Hi.

It will be understood from the foregoing that ing the ingress of rain or moisture into the interior of the casing.

It will thus be understood that the cellulose or other plastic cup-shaped members are assembled in telescopic relation and permanently sealed through the use or medium of cellulose acetate cement which unites the two cup-shaped members into an integral unit which provides for a weatherproof connection and also eifects a tamper-proof button. If desired, the rim formed by the peripheral flanges of the cup-shaped mem-- bers may be painted in metallic ink on the underside for the purpose of showing up any attempted tampering with the button.

What is claimed is;

A holder of the character described, com-' prising a casing including a plastic, cup-shaped, transparent front member and a plastic, cupshaped back member telescopically fitted together, a waterproofing cement for permanently securing said memberstogether in telescopic relation so as to exclude moisture from entering the' casing at the edges thereof, a disk-shaped picture frame within the casing adjacent the face of said front member, a disk-shaped character' bearing element confined within the casing back of said disk-shaped frame and lying against the same and viewable through the frame and through said transparent front member, a disk in the casing adjacent the character-bearing element and lying flatly against the back of the latter, a fiat, stiff, metal disk-shaped reinforcing member in the casing adjacent the inner face of said back member to reinforce the latter, a

fastening device arranged wholly outside ,of the casing and including a relatively narrow back and a pin, rivets piercing the back of the fasteningdevicewithin the edges of the back of the. fastening and also piercing the back of the casing andlthe said flat, stiff, metal, disk-shaped reinforcing, member to hold the reinforcing 7 member close to the back member of .the casing and to provide for a, substantial anchorage for the fastening device on the casing, the back of, the fastening device being of a width greater than the diameter of the said rivets so as to completely cover the piercings made by the rivets in the casing back member to prevent egress of moisture into the casing around the rivets.

CHARLES F. MITCHELL 

